Read this post in English [Utilicé ChatGPT (Inteligencia Artificial) para traducir la versión en inglés al español.] El Sr. Gindin, en su artículo We Need to Say What Socialism Will Look Like, argumenta lo siguiente: Las expectativas de abundancia plena o casi plena, sumadas a una conciencia social perfecta o casi perfecta, tienen una consecuencia … Continue reading El socialismo, la policía y el gobierno o el Estado, primera parte
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How the Social-Reformist Left Have Contributed to the Rise of the Far Right
Introduction As I indicated in another post (see The Limitations of the Social-Reformist Left and Opposition to a United Front without an Independent Working-Class), I will outline how the social-reformist left have contributed to the rise of the far right. This post is inspired by my attendance at a book launch, Confronting the Resurgent Right, an … Continue reading How the Social-Reformist Left Have Contributed to the Rise of the Far Right
Trabajar para un empleador puede ser peligroso para su salud, Tercera Parte
Read this post in English [Utilicé ChatGPT (Inteligencia Artificial) para traducir la versión en inglés al español.] La actitud de gran parte de la izquierda en Toronto (y sospecho que también en otras partes de Canadá y del mundo) es que trabajar para un empleador no es tan malo. ¿De qué otra manera se explica … Continue reading Trabajar para un empleador puede ser peligroso para su salud, Tercera Parte
Socialdemocracia o reformismo social y sindicalismo: Sus limitaciones sociales y metodología, Segunda Parte
Read this post in English [Utilicé ChatGPT (Inteligencia Artificial) para traducir la versión en inglés al español.] En mi última publicación, me referí a la actitud moralista de muchos de la izquierda socialdemócrata, quienes consideran que cualquiera que intente ampliar la discusión para incluir consideraciones más amplias está “delirando”. Sostuve que su metodología puede considerarse … Continue reading Socialdemocracia o reformismo social y sindicalismo: Sus limitaciones sociales y metodología, Segunda Parte
The Rate of Exploitation of Oil Sands Extraction (Oil And Gas) Workers: Preliminary Estimate
Introduction I started to work on calculations of the rate of exploitation of workers in various specific large employers in Canada and in major citieis throughout Canada (see for example The Rate of Exploitation of AB (Anheuser-Busch) InBev NV (Including Labatt) Workers). I have started a project on trying to calculate the rate of exploitation … Continue reading The Rate of Exploitation of Oil Sands Extraction (Oil And Gas) Workers: Preliminary Estimate
Empleadores como dictadores, Primera Parte
Read this post in English [Utilicé ChatGPT (Inteligencia Artificial) para traducir la versión en inglés al español.] Me resulta fascinante cómo la izquierda socialdemócrata o reformista se desvive insistiendo en que lucha por la equidad y la justicia, y sin embargo descuida la injusticia persistente que supone tener que trabajar para un empleador. (Lo mismo … Continue reading Empleadores como dictadores, Primera Parte
The Poverty of Academic Leftism, Part Ten
Introduction It is interesting that social democrats express themselves in different ways. Thus, Professor Noonan, a professor at the University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada), who teaches Marxism, among other courses, presents a few truths that give credence to a number of distortions and silences in his recent post on his blog (see https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/25539351/posts/5759). Distortions and Silences … Continue reading The Poverty of Academic Leftism, Part Ten
Will the Social-Democratic Left Criticize Their Elected Social-Democratic Idols: The Case of the Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow
John Clarke, former major organizer of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), recently posted the following on Facebook: This is so sickening and shameful. Decades of oppression are ignored, the right to resist is dismissed and the mass murder Palestinians now face is rendered invisible. I've tried to be diplomatic and speak in terms that … Continue reading Will the Social-Democratic Left Criticize Their Elected Social-Democratic Idols: The Case of the Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow
Radical Leftists Should Not Underestimate the Ideological Grip of the Reformist Point of View
John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), posted on Facebook about a week ago the following: John Clarke I've been asked to write a review of Éric Toussaint's latest work on the World Bank. It exposes very well the role of this vile institution. People can do dreadful things in … Continue reading Radical Leftists Should Not Underestimate the Ideological Grip of the Reformist Point of View
The Need for an Independent Socialist Working-Class Movement Rather Than the Lesser-Evil Option is the Way Forward
John Clarke, former major organizer of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, recently posted the following on Facebook: John Clarke I'm working on an article on the Trump indictment and it seems to me that the whole issue is tailor made when it comes to revealing the inadequacies of liberal perspectives. First of all, the refrain … Continue reading The Need for an Independent Socialist Working-Class Movement Rather Than the Lesser-Evil Option is the Way Forward
The Abolitionary 